Francis Burton Harrison, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, is due to arrive at Manila
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Francis Burton Harrison, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, is due to arrive at Manila
Proclamation No. 8
October 3, 1913
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Summary of Proclamation No. 8Declaring October 6, 1913 as a Public Holiday
- Whereas Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison is due to arrive in Manila on October 6, 1913.
- Whereas the public and government officials/employees should be allowed to participate in the arrival ceremonies.
- Whereas banks agreed that:
- Negotiable papers payable on October 6, 1913 will not be protested until sunset of October 7, 1913.
- Banks will receive money from businesses on October 6 for safekeeping, but will not credit the accounts until October 7.
- Therefore, Acting Governor-General Newton W. Gilbert, by authority vested by Act No. 1818 as amended, and for sufficient reasons, proclaims Monday, October 6, 1913 as a public holiday.
- Signed on October 3, 1913 in Manila by Newton W. Gilbert, Acting Governor-General, and F.W. Carpenter, Executive Secretary.
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Francis Burton Harrison, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, is due to arrive at Manila
Proclamation No. 8
•October 3, 1913
MALACAÑANG PALACEManila
BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS‑
A PROCLAMATION.
No. 8
Whereas His Excellency Francis Burton Harrison, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, is due to arrive at Manila on October sixth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and
Whereas an opportunity should be accorded the public in general and the Government officials and employees to partake in the ceremonies incident to his arrival; and
Whereas the banking houses have agreed that negotiable papers which would be payable on the sixth of October, nineteen hundred and thirteen, if the same were not a holiday, shall not be protested until sunset of October seventh, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and that they will receive moneys from the business community on said sixth day of October for safe-keeping, providing that such moneys shall not be taken up on the banks accounts until the seventh day of October:
Now, therefore, I, Newton W. Gilbert, Acting Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, by virtue of the authority in me vested by Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and eighteen, as amended, there being in...
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